Temple Decisions Thread

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Hi everyone! I just wanted to see what happened in terms of admissions. (I stole this from the Princeton thread thx). Please don’t post if you don’t have your decision yet (this isn’t a chance me thread).

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments (merit aid given, honors, etc):

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1400 (730Math, 670RW)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP (3), Seminar (3), APUSH (4), APES(4), Research (4), Lang (3)
Senior Year Course Load: French 4 (Honors), AP Lit, AP Psych, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Honors), IB Global Politics, IB Twentieth Century Topics, Video Production 3 (Honors Double Period)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Capstone Diploma

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (10,11,12), Socialist Kickball Club (10,11,12), French Club (11,12), School Musical costume crew all 4 years
Job/Work Experience: Fast Food for half of junior year until present, freelance tutoring since freshman year
Volunteer/Community service: 20ish hours per year since freshman year for random charities
Summer Activities: UNCSA Film Intensive (2018), Emerson Digital Film PreCollege (2019)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App- 6/10 idk why but I don’t really like it but my english teacher said it was good. It’s about how my love of movies influenced me to want to tell stories.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 from my French teacher who loves me
Counselor Rec: 7/10 our counselors don’t really get to know us until senior year, so I’m not sure if it will be specific
Additional Rec: 6/10 from a college professor from one of my intensives. I didn’t get to know him personally but he offered to write me a letter so obv I accepted his offer

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Journalism
State (if domestic applicant): NC
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: Demonstrated interest, high SAT, good ECs
Weaknesses: Weak junior year grades, decent essay
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I have a competitive application and showed demonstrated interest. I also come from a non-represented state at temple.

General Comments (merit aid given, honors, etc): $9,000 per year, no honors

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Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Highest score was 1150
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental science, AP US Gov and Politics, Skills for Health, Spanish 3, Honors British Literature, and Probability and statistics.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (10,11, 12, leadership in first two years), Photography Club (10,11,12), Writers’ Nook Club (9,10), NHS (10,11,12), and SNHS (12).
Volunteer/Community service: Babysitting throughout my four years.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7. Took me a while to come up with a subject but when I finished I was really proud of it. I know it probably sounds cliche but I wrote about some internal conflicts on being “right and wrong” and finding out the best way to figure these issues out.

Teacher Rec #1: My history teacher.
Counselor Rec: Not sure, did not read it.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Accounting
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Charter school
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation and URM

Reflection

Strengths: The essay I wrote was really good, and I feel like that was the factor that really got me in. It was probably the best essay I’d written my whole high school career…and I hope it doesn’t sound like I’m tooting my own horn. I’ve always felt insecure about my writing but this essay was so great I couldn’t help but feel really proud. Also, I had demonstrated interest and also I live in one of Temple’s “target zip codes” near the university, so I think that helped me a bit too! (I actually took my SAT in one of the school’s lecture halls!)
Weaknesses: Low SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay, GPA, and probably the fact that I live in one of their target zip codes.

General Comments (merit aid given, honors, etc): No merit aid or honors position.

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Congratulations! Awesome news, @historyfreakmida !!

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@orcus2020 thank you!

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SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34C (36R,35E,35S,30M/11)
SAT II: Lit 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.95
Weighted GPA:4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):23/605
AP (place score in parenthesis):WH,Psych,Lang (5), APES,APUSH (4) Spanish (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Micro, AP Govt, DE Int’l Relations, Diff Calc, Service Learning (internship)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Spanish Honor Society, AP Scholar with Distinction, Girl Scout Rose Award, Girls’ State nominee

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Deputy LegAn YMCA Model Legislature and Court (10-12),Peer Council (11-12),2 Congressional campaigns (10-11), Hula dancer (9-12),Girl Scouts(9-12)
Job/Work Experience: Client Service Specialist SwimLabs (10 hrs/wk)
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Executive League at the Library 9-12 (100hrs/yr)
Summer Activities: Summer after Soph recovering from heart surgery, Intern CA Retailers Assoc after Junior year 20 hrs/week
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:AP Lang (unseen)
Teacher Rec #2:APUSH/Service Learning (unseen)
Counselor Rec:Yes
Additional Rec: President of CRA (internship)
Interview:

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?:No
Intended Major:Political Science/Public Policy
State (if domestic applicant): CA, northern
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >$150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: ACT/GPA, essays
Weaknesses: Did not take Physics, only 1 Subject test
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: passion for planned major

General Comments (merit aid given, honors, etc): President’s scholar (full tuition), Honors college

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Hi! I am a president’s scholar as well! Is there any way we can contact one another outside of the website? I have some queries for other prospective students!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1540
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Weighted GPA: 4.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (5) HumGeo (5) USHist (5) CalcAB (5) Chem (5) Bio (5) Psych (5) Research (5), Brit Lit (5) Lit&Comp (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APS, 1 uni class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, NMSF

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (VP)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Little
Summer Activities: travel
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9 I love to write and do it well
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: PoliSci / English
State (if domestic applicant): OOS (NV)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 150K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE

General Comments (merit aid given, honors, etc): Full Tuition Presidential scholarship and Honors college.

Temple is in my D’s top 3 right now … will be doing an additional visit in February

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Hooks? URM ? Can’t respond cause I know not what those are :frowning: Hmmm

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@BekuMBJ A hook is something in your application that gives you an automatic upper hand in decisions compared to other applicants, like being a minority or being a legacy student. URM is an underrepresented minority. I believe it includes African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanic Americans.